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The impact of the Canadian wildfires on the air in New York and Chicago, among many other places, shows how…

The IoT (Internet of Things) gets a lot of play in technical and trade-focused resources, pointing out its value and…

The name LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser device emits a beam of light through optical amplification. Spatial…

While pirates reportedly, in fiction anyway, denoted the place on a map where they buried their treasure as “X marks…

The growing trend towards green building has been focused on improving the materials used as well as the designs and…

Companies in the technology arena are often more flexible than the old-line machinery-oriented firms. “Inter” is a byword: interoperability, interface,…

Race car drivers and motorcycle riders wear them. Many sports—hockey, football, even baseball—require them. Even kids on bicycles wear them.…

Finding ways to heat and cool residential and commercial buildings while maintaining environmental and climate concerns is a balancing act…

Few would argue that, of the common construction materials, concrete is a hard substance. Perhaps not as hard as steel,…

California is noted for many things, not all of them positive. Among the negative aspects of living in the state…